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It is honest, true, and real, more wonderful than any kind of fiction." — Hartford Courant "Reading The Member of the Wedding is like living a day in some other person's life. knows better than almost any author how to catch the dream-like quality that is at the root of most people's private existence." — Charlotte Observer "A superb understanding of the bewilderments of adolescents. " has never done anything better than this." This probing into a child's deepest thoughts produces a story that is as unforgettable as it is unique." — Chicago Daily News " proves herself a consistently forceful writer. "A parable on the life of the writer in the South and of the alienation that he feels." — New Republic

The writing is beautifully adapted to its purpose." — Commonweal " The Member of the Wedding is a fine book, urging thought upon us and germinating recollections and beliefs. It is a 'can't-lay-it-down' book." — Columbus Dispatch "McCullers's descriptions are vivid and original, and her narration is startling and straightforward. " is poignant and arresting, amazingly perceptive and exquisitely wrought." — Boston Herald "There is an almost perfect harmony between the theme of this book and the prose in which it is expressed, for the prose is lyrical and sensitive and always fresh." — Chicago Tribune

Carson McCullers's language has the freshness, quaintness, and gentleness of a sensitive child." — New York Times "Rarely has emotional turbulence been so delicately conveyed. The Member of the Wedding Carson McCullersĪ MARINER BOOK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston • New York